of Jasper County, Iowa · from New York · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Richard Bond b. 1838
parentsWilliam Bond & Eva Smith
Richard Bond⚭ Frances Bartholomew
childrenRichard E. Bond
Source: Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, vol 2
Their story
What the record says
Richard Bond, Sr.
Born in New York in 1838.
A lifelong farmer.
At age two came to Jefferson County, Wisconsin, with his parents William and Eva (Smith) Bond, and grew up and farmed there on rented land.
Served in the Union army during the Civil War.
In 1875 brought his family to Mound Prairie township, Jasper County, Iowa, where he homesteaded a farm.
Wife Frances Bartholomew was born in Wisconsin.
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